Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Kingston Park is more expensive?
Kingston Park leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving appropriate notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Kingston Park. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 12/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :
My friend advised me that if I am purchasing in Kingston Park I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Kingston Park conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Kingston Park around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Kingston Park Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Kingston Park Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Kingston Park.
The deeds to my home can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Kingston Park 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
These day there are copies made of almost everything, and your solicitor will be aware exactly where to locate all the suitable documentation so you can purchase or dispose of your house without any difficulty. If duplicates are not available, your solicitor may be able to put in place insurance or indemnities against future claims on the property.
I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Kingston Park. I happened to discover a web site which looks to be the ideal offering If there is a chance to get all the legals done via phone that would be preferable. Do I need to be concerned? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Kingston Park with the intention of expediting the sale process?
- Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Kingston Park can be avoided where you instruct lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the buyers’ representatives. You may think that you are aware of the number of years left on your lease but it would be wise to double-check via your lawyers. A buyer’s lawyer will not be happy to advise their client to proceed with the purchase of a leasehold property the lease term is less than 80 years. In the circumstances it is important at an as soon as possible that you consider whether the lease for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale. If you have carried out any alterations to the property would they have required Landlord’s approval? In particular have you installed wooden flooring? Kingston Park leases often stipulate that internal structural alterations or laying down wooden flooring necessitate a licence issued by the Landlord approving such changes. If you fail to have the paperwork in place you should not contact the landlord without contacting your solicitor in advance. Some Kingston Park leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors.
I inherited a basement flat in Kingston Park, conveyancing formalities finalised February 2008. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Comparable properties in Kingston Park with a long lease are worth £165,000. The ground rent is £50 yearly. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2102
You have 77 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £7,600 and £8,800 plus professional fees.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.